This lesson will teach you how to play measures 19 & 20 of the combined arrangement (solo) version of Over the Rainbow. To listen to the whole song go to the COMBINED ARRANGEMENT TAB video. An essential part of any performance of an arrangement of a tune is that the melodic line should be heard clearly above the accompanying notes. Go to the MELODY Measures 19 & 20 page to revise the melody for these measures. If you want to impress, let that melody fly! Go to the CHORDS Measures 19 & 20 page to revise the chords for these measures.
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Video Script:
on the first beat of this guitar solo
the first note is played by the
4th finger, on the 1st string, 5th fret
followed by the
3rd string played open
and then the
1st finger, on the 2nd string, 1st fret
and the 1st string open
for these four notes
count 1 an, 2 an
The Guitar Tabs on the bottom of the video screen will help you find where to place your left hand fingers
you can see here that we have played the top 3 notes of a C chord, which is the harmonising chord
on the 3rd beat of the first of these two measures play an Am chord
“p” plays the 5th string
“i” plays the 3rd string
“m” plays the 2nd string
“a” plays the 1st string
count 1 an, 2 an
on the first two beats of the next measure play a Dm chord
“p” plays the 4th string
“i” plays the 3rd string
“m” plays the 2nd string
“a” plays the 1st string
count 1 an, 2 an
to complete this acoustic guitar solo, on the second two beats play a G7 chord
“p” plays the 6th string
“i” plays the 3rd string
“m” plays the 2nd string
“a” plays the 1st string
Count 1 an, 2 an
This arrangement could as easily sit with the title of “Jazz chords Lesson” or “classical guitar lesson” and be interesting to players from both genres